Educational Correlates of Ohio Agricultural Students' Career Maturity

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to assess the level of career maturity of agricultural students in Ohio and to
determine the relationships between students' career maturity and several educational correlates. The study
employed a descriptive corelational research design. The analysis was based on 495 respondents who
returned the usable instrument. The study showed that career maturity scores of agricultural students
ranged from 45 to 147 and the mean was 92.84. About one-fourth of the students scored below the 25th.
percentile and about one-fourth of the students scored above the 75th. percentile. The career maturity
measures of agricultural students in Ohio were significantly lower than students of the norm group at grades
10, 11, and 12. The career maturity measures of the 9th. Graders did not differ for both groups. There were
significant relationships between career maturity and: participation in the FFA; participation in career
development activities; participation in extracurricular activities; academic achievement; and occupational
aspirations. Five significant educational correlates uniquely explained about 19% of the total variance of
agricultural student's career maturity.

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Article

Keyword:

career maturity, career development, FFA, agricultural students educational
correlates